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Duterte to revive Botika ng Bayan program

The President says he wants P35 billion in Pagcor funds to be devoted 'exclusively' to medicines for FilipinosPia Ranada@piaranada

Published 8:51 PM, August 24, 2016, Updated 8:52 PM, August 24, 2016
TACKLING POVERTY. President Rodrigo Duterte reads the document
presented by National Anti-Poverty Commission Lead Convenor Liza Maza
during a post-Cabinet meeting in Malacañang Palace on August 22.
Photo by Toto Lozano/PPD
MANILA, Philippines – To ensure Filipino communites have better
access to medicines, President Rodrigo Duterte wants to revive the
Department of Health's Botika ng Bayan program.

"I will revive the Botika ng Bayan near government
centers," said Duterte on Wednesday, August 24, during a press
conference at the wake of a slain police officer in Taytay, Rizal.

The Botika ng Bayan (Pharmacy of the People) began in 2005
with the target of ensuring each city or municipality has at least one
Botika ng Bayan outlet from where the community can purchase medicines
most needed in the area.

To do this, the government franchises outlets to
non-governmental organizations, cooperatives, trade and labor unions,
corporate foundations, or religious groups.

According to the DOH, there are 16,350 outlets of Botika
ng Bayan and its variants all over the country. But in 2011, the
government issued a moratorium on the project due to problems with
financing and restocking of medicines.Duterte plans to address at least the financing aspect by
devoting Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) funds
"exclusively" to medicines.